Psychiatrist - Elmira - ELMIRA PSYCHIATRIC CENTER

Description

Elmira Psychiatric Center (EPC), an Office of Mental Health (OMH) Joint Commission accredited facility, is recruiting Board Certified or Board Eligible General and Children & Adolescent Psychiatrists for the Chemung Clinic. Psychiatrists at EPC are part of a multi-disciplinary team that provides comprehensive and individualized treatment to children, adolescents, and adults with severe and persistent mental illness in a community setting.

The Chemung Clinic, located on the grounds of EPC, is a Mental Health Outpatient Treatment and Recovery Services (MHOTRS) program that provides a variety of diagnostic, treatment, and rehabilitative services to individuals with mental illness using evidence-based practices. The MHOTRS program offers crisis interventions, general consultations and evaluations, medication management, and ongoing psychiatric treatment for up to a census of 165 individuals. In addition to the Psychiatrist, the Chemung clinic inter-disciplinary team includes social workers, registered nurses, a rehabilitation counselor, and an administrative assistant.

Clinic hours are Monday, 8:30am-3pm, Tuesday, 8:30am-7pm, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, 8:30am-5pm.

About Elmira

Elmira Psychiatric Center provides comprehensive inpatient and community treatment services to adults who have been diagnosed with serious mental illness and children and adolescents diagnosed with serious emotional disturbances to New York's Southern Tier and Finger Lakes regions. Community-based services include Assertive Community Treatment, Mobile Integration Team, Community and Family Care Residences, Intensive Case Management, School-based Day Treatment, Drop-In Centers, and outpatient clinic treatment.

If you would like to join EPC and contribute to a workforce dedicated to public service, we offer the following benefits and opportunities:

• Psychiatrist Loan Repayment Program offering up to $120,000
• Competitive salaries, Salary enhancements for board certification in General and/or Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
• Supplemental income of up to 50% of salary by volunteering to provide evening, night, and weekend coverage
• OMH sponsored Continuing Medical Education (CME) Program
• Professional leave for additional learning activities
• First time Certification and Licensure Exam Fee Reimbursement
• Public Officers Law §17 defense and indemnification protection - broader in scope than typical medical malpractice coverage
• Full and Part Time positions – full benefits available for those working 20 hours or more per week:
• Generous medical, dental, and vision insurance options with competitive employee contribution rates
• Defined-benefit pension and deferred-compensation (457b) retirement plans
• Paid vacations, holidays, personal days and sick leave
• Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and dependent care

Minimum Qualifications:

• Psychiatrist 1

Licensed and currently registered to practice medicine in NYS and

Successful completion of a training program in psychiatry approved by the ABPN for entrance into its examination.

• Psychiatrist 2

Licensed and currently registered to practice medicine in NYS and

Board Certification in general psychiatry by the ABPN.

• Psychiatrist 2 Children & Youth

Licensed and currently registered to practice medicine in NYS and

Board Certification in general psychiatry by the ABPN and

Board Certification in child and adolescent psychiatry by the ABPN.

Additional Comments

The Mission of the New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. OMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, OMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring OMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. OMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Pursuant to Executive Order 161, no State entity, as defined by the Executive Order, is permitted to ask, or mandate, in any form, that an applicant for employment provide his or her current compensation, or any prior compensation history, until such time as the applicant is extended a conditional offer of employment with compensation. If such information has been requested from you before such time, please contact the Office of Employee Relations at or via email at

In order to be eligible for appointment and to maintain employment, you cannot be listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of the Federal and/or State Medicaid and Medicare exclusion lists (or excluded from any other Federal or Federally assisted program). If you are appointed and subsequently listed as an excluded individual or entity on any of these lists (or excluded from any other Federal or federally assisted program), you may be terminated from your employment.

If appointed, you may be required to become an enrolled Medicare provider; obtain and provide to your employer a National Provider Identifier (NPI) number issued by the National Plan and Provider Enumeration System (NPPES); and otherwise actively participate to the degree necessary to allow for your services to be billed through Medicare and Medicaid. If you are appointed and you lose the ability to bill through Medicare and Medicaid, you may be terminated from your employment.

Background checks will be required.